tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post4000231077747139740..comments2017-09-09T23:47:12.283+01:00Comments on i b i k e l o n d o n: A golden legacy? Pull the other one, Boris.ibikelondonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-31647263724122847222012-08-22T12:26:23.606+01:002012-08-22T12:26:23.606+01:00Wonderful blog &amp; good post.Its really helpful ...Wonderful blog &amp; good post.Its really helpful for me, awaiting for more new post. Keep Blogging!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pasinfotech.com/" rel="nofollow">SAP Training London</a>muthusamy yadhavanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14307507398250843245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-28752438852288313372012-08-15T14:56:01.219+01:002012-08-15T14:56:01.219+01:00My wife &amp; I are currently on an 8 week Brompto...My wife &amp; I are currently on an 8 week Bromptoneering trip round Europe (we are actually from Australia). One of the real eye openers for us has been the obvious link between cycling facilities and the number of cyclists, closely followed by the noticeable obesity levels in those cities. I think our politicians should do a similar trip and they might finally realise that the Dutch-style segregated infrastructure not only promotes people to cycle, especially women and the elderly, but more importantly leads to a slimmer population with the obvious benefits this brings. The absolute highlight of the trip has been watching 80 year old cyclists in Amsterdam go to the shops on their bikes &amp; hoping that I might be able to do the same at their age!Gary Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-24499789939798434212012-08-14T19:05:05.087+01:002012-08-14T19:05:05.087+01:00I was just on the about page of the event and it s...I was just on the about page of the event and it seems to say that it is an annual event, doesn&#39;t that mean it I will be taking place every year?Petehttp://www.twitter.com/mrgrilletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-63257669476917480272012-08-12T15:22:48.764+01:002012-08-12T15:22:48.764+01:00It ties to the hot topic of the day because, well,...It ties to the hot topic of the day because, well, the person whom signed off on this did resign based on the allegations of corruption with the now, finally, news about Project Gunrunner and how far up it connects. <a href="http://www.worldclassdatingnews.com" rel="nofollow">world class</a>emon sristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01062341757255490851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-62086896322407327712012-08-10T23:01:53.939+01:002012-08-10T23:01:53.939+01:00I have just seen Tom Edwards&#39; report on this e...I have just seen Tom Edwards&#39; report on this evening&#39;s BBC news about the cycle festival. According to TfL, &quot;this festival is just part of a wider legacy.&quot; <br /><br />Ben Plowden said, &quot;The Mayor has made it very clear that we can&#39;t increase cycling in London on the scale we&#39;re planning to without making it genuinely safe - and not just safe, but <i>feel</i> safe for people.&quot;<br /><br />Laura Trott said that if there could be more lanes, then that just means that the cars wouldn&#39;t have to worry about the bikes, and obviously then the bikes wouldn&#39;t have to worry so much about the cars; and she thinks it&#39;s &quot;perfectly safe&quot; to ride a bike in London.<br /><br />And a cyclist who just happened to be passing through the junction where Dan Harris was killed said, &quot;I think Central London, at the best of times, is difficult to navigate by bike.&quot;bikemapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902775699101288384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-78166384613442931812012-08-10T16:39:36.102+01:002012-08-10T16:39:36.102+01:00I think we get the cycling culture we deserve - an...I think we get the cycling culture we deserve - and that is no joke, because it creates a vicious circle.<br /><br />Road conditions in this country lead to a survival strategy which works well with our road system which more or less skilfully follows the vehicular cyclist approach - have the confidence to ride out and take the lane, duck and weave around the traffic, the physical ability to accelerate rapidly and maintain fairly high speeds to get into and stay with motor traffic, and fairly low levels of fear and anxiety. <br /><br />In other words, testosterone. It is no accident that most cyclists in London and the UK are 25-45 year old men - self-confident, fit, fairly fearless and assertive perhaps to the point of aggressive. It should come as no surprise then that some jump red lights, ride on pavements or under/overtake stationary motor vehicles with apparently reckless abandon. That is not to excuse, but to explain - just look at the jostling in the peleton in the Tour de France.<br /><br />It also demands special equipment and clothing - bikes which can be &quot;raced&quot;, and clothes which wick away sweat and can be changed out of at the destination - Lycra.<br /><br />So cyclists rightly or wrongly get a bad name, which makes their demands for decent infrastructure harder to sell to the public.<br /><br />But these demands are on behalf of a cycling demographic which currently barely exists here - older, younger, less fit, less fearless people, who don&#39;t want to have to wear some form of tribal costume, just want to be able to stay in their normal clothes and step onto or off of their bike as though they were merely putting on a coat and shoes to walk outside. Like the people you see riding bikes in Amsterdam, for example.<br /><br />Until someone has the political will to break that circle, not much will change. Today Boris indicated that he doesn&#39;t have it.Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-76712476276512759552012-08-10T16:14:49.815+01:002012-08-10T16:14:49.815+01:00I can&#39;t say I&#39;m suprised. The Olympics is ...I can&#39;t say I&#39;m suprised. The Olympics is a prestige project for politicians and corporations to be in volved with, it is not, and has never been, a vehicle for social change.Andy_in_Germanyhttp://www.workbike.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-35490848223337545542012-08-10T14:49:20.091+01:002012-08-10T14:49:20.091+01:00@Anonymous I don&#39;t mind what people choose to ...@Anonymous I don&#39;t mind what people choose to wear when they&#39;re out on their bikes, and I have no beef at all with sports cyclists either. If people are going to wear a helmet and lycra then that&#39;s up to them (I&#39;d probably do the same if I was riding at 50kph). But I&#39;d never set out to promote this as the mainstream image of cycling or indeed as the default mode for &quot;coping&quot; with cycling in its current state.<br /><br />Riding a bike should be something available to do by all, whether young or old or fit or not. Sadly, closing 8 miles of roads once a year is not going to bring this about. Until something changes then our city is denying its very citizens an equality of opportunity not only in how they get about but in how they live their lives. We deserve better.ibikelondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-3308697754199815842012-08-10T14:40:41.180+01:002012-08-10T14:40:41.180+01:00Yep, even worse than expected.
What have all tho...Yep, even worse than expected.<br /> <br />What have all those people in lycra and helmets got to do with cycling?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-38068446192238388842012-08-10T14:30:46.902+01:002012-08-10T14:30:46.902+01:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com